Door stop and holder



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GUSTF A. ENGLUND, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE JACOBS IVINU'- FACTUB/INGk COMPANY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATTON OF CON- NECTICUT.

DOOR STOP AND HOLDER.

" y.Applicationfiled December 29, 1921. Serial No. 525,614.

' To all whom t may concern.' i

`*Be it known. that I, GUSTAE A. ENGLUND, -a citizen ofthe United States,.residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford `and .State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Door .Stops and 'Holder-s, of which Vthe Vfollowing Viis-a 'specification. i

gThis invention relates to those` devices whichhave a part that is adapted to be selfrictionally engaging `Vthe Vlatter Vpart when the door is swung open so as to hold the door in itsopenposition.

' The object of the invention is to design a cheap, easily applied and neat device of this :character having parts so designedV that they will engage without shock and hold securely and yet will readily disengage when it is de-A sired to Vclose the door. Y 3

YThisobje'ct is attained by providing a relatively small diameter and short socket with balls or rollers that are pressed radially into the opening in the socket by a simple spring, which socket is-adapted toV be attached to or set into the face Vof a door in position to receive the groovedA tip of a pin that may be adjustably Inountedon. a base 30 which can be fastened to the *wall or abase designed to be fastened to the floor..

In the accompanying drawings AFigure l shows a door holder'that embodies the in-A vention with the socket in the door engaging a pin mounted on a base fastened to the wall, cut in vertical section. Fig.` 2 shows a front view of the base plate and pin. Fig. 3 shows a horizontal section ofthe base. Fig. 4: shows a transverse section ot` the socket.. Fig. 5 shows a side view of the socket. Y Fig. 6 shows a plan of the socket. Fig. 7 shows a socket in the door engaging a pinV mounted on a basefastened to the floor. Fig. 8 shows a section of `thesocket with the top ofthe pin engaged by roundedend rollers or pins. .l

The body of the 'socket Vl is cylindrical and is shown as set into a hole bored in the face of the door 2. The front of the socket has flanges 3 with .holes 4 for screws to fasten it in place. Two radialholes 5 are drilled in the side of the socket and a ball 6 placed in each hole. A band 7 of spring metal is arranged around the socket in a cured to a door and a part that is adapted tobe securedV to a wall or floor, the former partgroove 8 in suchmanner as to engage and press ithe balls inward so` that portionsof .their surfaces will normally extend into the central opening in the socket. Instead of balls, rollers 9 or short pieces of rod with rounded ends may be placed in the radial `holes of the socket as illustrated in Fig. 8. The groove for the spring may extend coinpletelyaround thesocket but desirably it does not so as to leave a riblO which is engaged by the ends of the springto prevent the spring from turning after it has been snapped into place over the balls or pins.

The pin 11 that -is designed to enter the socket has a rounded tip with a curved f groove l2 near the tip. `The pin may be straight as illustrated in Fig. l when it to project from a wall orit may be bent as shown in when it is to stand up from a floor.

The straight pin has a screw stud 13 that projects through a slot 1d in the base plate 15 andon the inside of the plate engages a nut 16. The nut is shown as square and as lying between ribs 17 on the back of the plate so that the nut will not turn when the threaded stud is screwedV into it. This plate is shown as having wings with holes 18 for the passage of fastening screws. Before the pin is screwed in tightlyit may be raised or lowered so that its tip will Vproperly register with the opening inthe socket.

The bent pen is shown as having a threaded shank 19 screwed into a base 2O designed to be fastened by screws to the floor 2l. The threaded end of this pin is turned into the base until the tip is at the necessary height and points in the required direction to properly enter the socket, and then a lock nut 22 is screwed down upon the threaded shank of the pin against the top of the base so as to hold the pin in position. Upon loosening the lock nut the pin may be adjusted for any change in the position of the socket as would be caused by the sagging of the door.

A rubber washer 23 may be located in the bottom of the socketV to cushion the parts when engaged.

, Vhen the door is swung open the socket passes over the tip of the pin, the balls or f with rounded ends may be used for heavy doors, or Where the Wear is great. The band i spring is simple to make, is easily snapped into the groove .over the holding parts, and is durable.

The invention claimed is:

v 1. A door stop comprising a socket having radial holes through its sides and means for securing it in place, members with rounded surfaces located in said'holes and having portions of their surfaces extending beyondV the ends oie said holesinto the'opening` in Vjthe socket, a band spring encircling. the

socketj and bearing on said ineinbersand yieldingly holding said members with por- .tioiis of their surfaces 4extending into the opening inthe socket, and a pin with' a,

groove nearits tip Vadapted to enter' the opening in the socket and beengaged by said members. i

2. A door stop comprising a socket having radial holes through its sides and means for Y 1 securingit in place, balls located in said .inholes,1a band spring encircling the socket .2 5 4tions of their surfaces extending into the opening in the socket, and a pinwvith .a

and yieldingly holding'the balls withv Vporgroove near its tip adapted to enter the opening inthe socket and be engaged by the balls. *Y i Y.

3.V A door stop comprising a socket having radial holes through its sides and means 'for securing it in place, balls located in'said Y holes, a band spring encircling Vthe socket and normally holding the balls with portions or' their surfacesy extending into ithe opening inthe socket, Aa pin with a groove near itsvtip` adapted to Yenternthe opening in the socketandbe engaged bythefballs, and a base adjustably supporting-the 'pin,l said base having means for securing it in position.

4. -A door: stopf comprising a socket havling radial holes through its sides and means VJfor securing itin place, balls located in saidV ,means for locking'th'e pin to the bassin-adjusted position.

securing itY in pla'ce,zballsYV located in said holes,'a band springiencircling the socket and yieldingly holdingthe balls with por-' tions of'tlieir surfaces extending'intortlieV 5. A door stop comprising a socket having Vradial'holes through its sides andV means for V:ses i opening in thesoeket, an elastic cushion in the betteln of the socket, and a pnavitha groove near its tip adapted to enter the opening in Vthe AVsocket and be engaged by the balls. Y v Y j GUSTAF A. ENGLUND. 

